Departmental Honors Coordinator: Anna Kochigina
Admission to the Departmental Honors Program requires a 3.50 GPA on a 4.0 point scale and the permission of the Dean of the Honors College and the Departmental Honors Coordinator.
Students in the Communication Studies Honors Program must maintain an overall GPA of 3.50. Students who have been dismissed from the program because their overall GPA has fallen below 3.50 may petition for readmission. Students must raise their grade-point average to 3.50 and submit their petition to the Dean of the Honors College and Departmental Honors Coordinator.
Each student must complete at least 45 hours of Communication Studies classes, 12 of which are met by the Departmental Honors Requirement.
These courses will have flexible credit and possible repetition with change of content.
Total Semester Hours: minimum of 12聽from the following:
or CMN 44442
or CMN 45552
Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.